Press Photo/Katy BatdorffGeorge Korr, Kalamazoo, John Kilbourne of East Grand Rapids, and Robert Young of Greenville, were among the first in line this morning for the Obama rally at the Van Andel Arena.

GRAND RAPIDS -- Clad in a clear-plastic rain guard, George Korr, 27, was first in line just before 8 a.m. for tonight's Barack Obama rally at the Van Andel Arena.

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Korr, who drove from Kalamazoo, was one of about 10 people lined up by 9:15 a.m. He said he has not been involved in the Illinois senator's presidential campaign, but he would like to be. "It's about change," Korr said, shielding himself from rain drops under the arena overhang.

"Change," echoed Robert Young, 32w, of Greenville, the second person in line.

Sitting down in the third position was John Kilbourne, whose East Grand Rapids home features an "Obama Garden of Hope."

The visits mark Obama's first public appearances in Michigan, though he raised about $125,000 in a private fund-raiser in Grand Rapids last summer.

Obama will speak at 7 p.m., his second Michigan stop of the day. He will lead a town hall meeting in Macomb County earlier in the day.